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edginess

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edg·y

   [ej-ee]
adjective, edg·i·er, edg·i·est.
1.
nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
2.
sharp-edged; sharply defined, as outlines.
3.
daringly innovative; on the cutting edge.
Origin:
1765–75; edge + -y1

Related forms
edg·i·ly, adverb
edg·i·ness, noun
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edgy (ˈɛdʒɪ)
 
—adj , -ier, -iest
1.  (usually postpositive) nervous, irritable, tense, or anxious
2.  (of paintings, drawings, etc) excessively defined
3.  innovative, or at the cutting edge, with the concomitant qualities of intensity and excitement
 
'edgily
 
—adv
 
'edginess
 
—n

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edgy
"tense and irritable," 1837, from edge (n.).
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